Chapter #1 - The New Shy Flower
The spring days of the tri-schools St. Miator, St. Spica, and St. Lulim, are filled with excitement and activity. These days are filled with girls from all three schools awaiting the start of the new Étoile selection, where a couple shall be chosen with honor, gratitude, and praise. Most of the girls had no other focus for anything else but the selection, as it has created such passion to have a new couple represent not one, but all of the three schools together. Their excitement has driven the attention away from noticing a new face arriving at the Strawberry Dorms. A girl named Kurokami Nakamura from northern Japan, was the new girl that has been transferred to St. Miator. Kurokami is an average height, skinny girl with small features, pale skin, black flowing hair that is accounted with dark, navy blue eyes that almost twinkle like a star in a clear night sky. She is a pretty shy girl, as she is one that keeps many thoughts to herself and only making a few friends from her previous home. Kurokami is on her way through the paths of Astrea Hill, on her way to the St. Miator area to meet with one of the student council members. As she is walking slowly along, she looks around to see the many girls from either of the three schools, talking about spring and how they are able to spend time outside with friends, but also their lovers. Needless to say, love is in the air in the tri-school areas.
'My my, lots of feelings in the air I see.' thinks Kurokami to herself. 'I have a feeling that I might like it here.'
Saying this in her mind made Kurokami giggle, but not loudly, for Kurokami is especially shy around other groups. She then hears a few groups of girls speak about the Étoile competition, how the excitement of such an event is building up all around.
'Étoile competition?' Kurokami ponders. 'I wonder what this is all about? I will probably find out later.' After walking more, she arrives at the doors of St. Miator, where she hears more talking inside. As Kurokami enters the main entrance, a bell rings, indicating the being of scheduled classes for the schools. Hearing this bell has made many student start to walk to their few classes or just walking with the ones they know to their clubs and or activities. While the girls were mostly clearing out of the main hall, Kurokami walks up a flight of stairs to the student council meeting room, where she stops in front of the doors of the room. The black haired girl sighs and then knocks on the door. A few seconds pass by when the doors were opened by Miyuki Rokujo.
"Ah you must be the transfer student, Kurokami Nakamura." says Miyuki to the shy girl in front of her. "Welcome to St. Miator, one of the three schools of Astraea Hill."
Kurokami bows in greeting towards Miyuki and replies back saying,
"Thank you Ms..?"
"Miyuki, Miyuki-sama. I am the student council president of St. Miator." says Miyuki. "I was just doing some paper work, but since you are here early, I can give you a tour of St. Miator and its dorms."
"It's really okay to have a tour when classes and clubs are in session?" asks Kurokami nervously.
"Yes it is. Since you are a new student, you will be able to see your dorm room and know where your classrooms will be." explains Miyuki. "Speaking of yourself, I have your fitted uniform in the office here so you can change into it quickly.
"Oh thank you Miyuki-sama. I guess I will change quick." says Kurokami.
Miyuki nods and replies back to her saying, "The blinds are closed already and I will stand here in front of the doors."
Kurokami then enters the student council office and closes the door behind her. Only a lamp was on, where Miyuki's papers were on the long table. Kurokami is confused by why Miyuki was working in the dark, how could she with the blind closed on a beautiful spring day. After pondering this, Kurokami finds a box next to the pile of papers next to the lamp. She then walks over and opens the box that contains her St. Miator uniform.
"This is so nice!" says Kurokami as she lifts the uniform up in the light. She has the look of awe at the uniform, how beautiful she imagines herself wearing it. Kurokami dresses into her uniform for a bit of time and then marvels once more at the black dress that matches her dark hair and blue eyes. Then a knock was heard from the double doors, indicating that Miyuki was still waiting for Kurokami to start the tour. She then quickly puts her outfit she had on today and puts it in the uniform box, rushing to the doors. As she opens one of the doors, Kurokami quickly bows and says,
"I'm sorry Miyuki-sama, I was just enthralled by the dress and did not realize the time."
"It's okay Kurokami-chan." says Miyuki. "Just wanted to start your tour as soon as possible before tomorrow. Nice to see that your uniform fits perfectly."
Kurokami then realizes that the size of her St. Miator uniform does in fact fit herself very nicely. She then had an intriguing question to ask, saying,
"Wait, St. Miator got my uniform this fast? Even though I sent in my measurements just a few days before?"
Miyuki responds back to Kurokami saying, "Why yes, all three of the schools here have many sizes of uniforms ready for any new girls coming to Astrea Hill. Plus, having uniforms ready is good for the newcomers to start right away with no waiting."
"Ah I see." replies Kurokami, understanding how the process is handled for St. Miator, St. Spica, and St. Lulim.
"So, shall I give you the tour of your dorm room first?" asks Miyuki, wanting to get a lot in for Kurokami for the tour.
"Of course, that would be nice." says Kurokami, eager to know what the room will look like. Both girls then walk down a few hallways to where St. Miator's dorm rooms were located. As they walked, Kurokami was having her head faced down towards the floor, but wandering the halls of the amazing school building she will be living in. An all girls academy, that was something that she was excited to be in. Even though she is shy with mostly anyone, she is glad to be surrounded by others that can understand somethings like she does. A few moments pass by when Miyuki and Kurokami arrive at one of the many doors of the dorms.
"This is where you will be staying in Kurokami-chan." exclaims Miyuki as she opens the door.
Kurokami peeks into the room and is awed by the vast amount of space she will have. She does notice that there are two beds in the room, but then remembers that she will be sharing a room with another girl.
'Oh yeah, I should've remembered earlier that I have a roommate.' Kurokami thinks to herself. "I wonder who my roommate will be?'
Before she can ask Miyuki who she is with in the dorm room, Miyuki says to her,
"Come now, I should show you one of the classes you will be attending, literature."
As they started to walk, Kurokami thinks to herself once again saying,
'I guess I will find out for myself later..'
She feels like it will be awkward to find out about her roommate and not know her name beforehand. Kurokami knows she is a shy girl and so she does not want to make anything more uneasy for herself transferring to St. Miator. Once a few minutes passes by, Miyuki and Kurokami arrive at the literature class. Miyuki knocks on the door slowly, not wanting to interrupting the class, even though the sound of conversations meant that there was no lecture currently. A few moments pass and the class door slides open, where the St. Miator literature teacher stands.
"I am terribly sorry for interrupting your class." Miyuki says as she bows in respect.
"No trouble at all Ms. Miyuki." says the teacher smiling. "There is no lesson being taught right now, and I have been expecting you and the new transfer girl. Kurokami Nakamura?"
Hearing their teacher say transfer girl made everyone in the literature class surprised. They were so busy with other things like the Étoile events that they did not really pay attention to the news of a new student at St. Miator. Most of the class looks towards the entrance to see this new face of their school, where Kurokami steps forward and bows in greeting to the teacher. She is nervous that she is in front of a whole class that is looking straight at her. As she was bowing, the literature teacher introduces Kurokami to the class saying,
"This lovely new girl is name Kurokami Nakamura. She is a fourth year transfer student from up north and will be joining our class soon. Help and treat her respectively."
As soon as this is said, Kurokami bows towards the class and says in a shy tone of voice,
"P-please take care of me."
As Kurokami was introduced and greeted by the class, there is one girls in the back of the room, who kept looking at the mysterious, dark haired girl. This girl in the back of the room was named Misaki Matsumato, a girl with dark brown hair that is long past her shoulders. She is about the same height as Kurokami and also small in form factor of waist size but with a slight more tone body type. Misaki has light green eyes that are very noticeable from her hair, like Kurokami's blue eyes and black hair. She is a girl who barely notices when she is almost embarrassing herself in front of others when she is clumsy, though she did like to tease others before. She has been attending St. Miator since being a first year and now is a fourth year, and during that time hasn't really had a roommate.
'So she is the girl that I have heard about that will be sharing my room with me. She seems like a nice girl, and she's cute..I must dearly say.' Misaki thinks this in her mind, to which she also blushes just a little thinking about how pretty Kurokami is to her. How her dark hair really brings out the sparkle of her blue eyes, two different colors just dancing together in Misaki's eyes. As Misaki's eyes were in a state of trance of Kurokami's looks, she does not realize that Kurokami was looking back towards the end of the room where she was sitting. Once Misaki notices, she covers her face with her hands and puts her face down on the book on her desk. Needless to say, Misaki was sometimes clumsy in the sense that she won't realize some things that are happening, which is a cute factor added to herself. As Misaki was facing down on her desk, Kurokami watched the dark brown haired girl hiding her blushing face. She giggles to herself saying in her mind,
'I wonder who she is? She seems to be a nice, funny girl.'
Once after thinking this, Miyuki taps her on the shoulder saying, "Kurokami-chan, we must be leaving, as class is technically still in session."
Kurokami turns around quickly, realizing she was almost lost in thought in front of the class. She then says to Miyuki,
"I'm terribly sorry Miyuki-sama.."
After apologizing, both her and Miyuki walk out of the classroom, with Misaki looking once again at her new roommate.
Miyuki then takes Kurokami through the rest of St. Miator, showing her the different classes that are available to be taken. She also shows her the vast amount of clubs and activities that are available to join at either one of the three schools. As the tour continued, Kurokami feels like she does not want to join any clubs, as she is shy and to herself might not add anything to the clubs at all. Also, she feels like she won't make any friends and be alone in the many groups of girls.
'I do like to be alone..but I do want to have someone like a friend to at least talk to.' thinks Kurokami to herself.
After another two hours of touring St. Miator, the areas around the schools, and explaining more about the layout, Miyuki takes Kurokami back to her dorm room before classes have ended. As they approached the door, Kurokami says to Miyuki,
"Th-thank you for helping me get to know where to go to the classes and know more about St. Miator."
"No trouble at all Kurokami-chan." replies Miyuki. "That's one of the tasks of being in the student council, to help my fellow classmates."
Kurokami smiles as she hears this, knowing that she has the student council president to go to for any help.
"By the way, since classes are almost finished, your roommate will probably be back here soon. So be expecting her at any time." says Miyuki suddenly.
Kurokami realizes that she has not even asked for her roommate's name all day, thinking that she wouldn't be able to. So she asks Miyuki,
"Miyuki-sama, I do not know her name. Could you tell me who she is?"
"Ah of course, your fellow roommate's name is Misaki Matsumato." says Miyuki. "She was in the literature class from earlier."
Hearing that Misaki was in her literature class made Kurokami remember the girl in the back of the room looking at her and then putting head down on the desk.
'Is it her that I saw?' thinks Kurokami to herself. 'Maybe that is why she was looking at me so intently.'
Once Kurokami thanked Miyuki for the tour and saying goodbye to each other, she enters her room and quickly closes the door behind her. She takes a deep breath and looks around the room she will be staying.
"The rooms are so spacious." says Kurokami in amazement. "There's even a bathroom!"
She then walks around the room, examining the two beds and personal desks at the end of the beds. She is glad that it is so quiet, how she can relax so easily to herself and think clearly about how amazing St. Miator is to her; how it has so much for girls to offer and explore. As Kurokami takes in the quietness she is experiencing, a chapel bell rings in the distance, indicating the end of classes for the tri-schools of Astraea Hill. This made her almost jump in startlement, as she is reminded once again that her possibly known roommate will be entering at any moment. Kurokami then decides to sit on the bed that was hers, deciding to herself that standing up would be awkward when Misaki enters. A few minutes pass by and she then hears footsteps outside of the door, where girls were walking to and from their own rooms. As Kurokami is waiting for the door of her dorm room to open, she hears the knob turning. She holds her breath in anticipation, waiting to see who her roommate was. Then, she see Misaki in the doorway, looking right back at her. Both green and blue eyes meet, looking like they were before in the literature classroom.
"Uh..I'm sorry for n-not greeting you properly before you entered!" says Kurokami as she quickly stands up and bows. "I'm Kurokami Nakamura, fourth year student from northern Japan."
Misaki is startled by the sudden reaction of introduction and says to Kurokami,
"You do not have to say sorry!" Misaki then bows and continues speaking saying, "I'm Misaki Matsumato, fourth year student also, and I'm from eastern Japan. Pleased to meet you!"
As Misaki says this, she blushes from remembering earlier when she looked at Kurkami in her class; how pretty she thought Kurokami was with her blue eyes being so noticeable from her dark, black hair. Once Kurokami and Misaki stopped bowing towards each other in respect, they both look at each other once again. Misaki smiles and says to Kurokami,
"So, you are my roommate that I was told to be sharing this room with. I must say you were quite cute when you were introducing yourself to our literature class."
Misaki winks in a teasing way, trying to have fun with Kurokami. This makes Kurokami blush, not expecting a compliment nor a teasing reaction from Misaki. Misaki notices this and says to Kurokami,
"I am sorry if I made you blush in embarrassment."
"Not at all, I am not blushing in embarrassment. Just at the little compliment you gave me." says Kurokami in a nervous tone of voice.
"Oh, well have you ever gotten a compliment at how pretty you are, Kurokami-chan?"
Kurokami shakes her head from side to side and says quietly,
"Not really, mostly because I don't have a lot of friends..even from where I came from."
Kurokami looks down at the floor as she remembers herself not making a lot of friends before. Since she is usually very quiet and shy, Kurokami wasn't able to make a big group of friends, not experiencing the feeling of a group of similar interests as herself. As she was thinking about the times before where she lived up north, Misaki walks over to the quiet girl and puts a hand on one of Kurokami's shoulders and says to her,
"Even though we have just met, I can be a friend of yours Kurokami-chan!"
Kurokami could not believe what she has just heard. Meeting with her roommate and already becoming acquainted with each other in a matter of minutes is not the only thing to shock Kurokami. Her roommate, Misaki is now wanting to be her friend, something Kurokami thought she would not have for a while in her first year at St. Miator. Overcoming the sense of rushing feelings, Kurokami looks at Misaki, who was smiling with her hand on her shoulder still.
"Um..sure, of course we can be friends Misaki-chan." says Kurokami to Misaki.
Hearing this made Misaki hug Kurokami, happy to hear that her first roommate at St. Miator will be friends with her already. A roommate who will be her friend also has made Misaki feel so ecstatic to know this. As Kurokami was hugged by Misaki, she is now blushing more than before. Hugs were almost rare fro Kurokami, like her being quiet with her friends from before. After a few seconds, she hugs back Misaki, as she is warm in her arms. Being warm in Misaki's was like the sun now shining in their room during sunset, indication the end of a long first day for the quiet, shy flower.
Author Note: Thank you very much for reading chapter 1 of my second Fan Fiction story! Random fact, I used Kurokami as the first OC's name because it means "dark hair", which the character has. Anyway, please feel free to review and give feedback that can help with publishing future chapters as needed! =)